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In this Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, France's former Prime Minister Francois Fillon, left, and his wife Penelope, arrive at the Paris courthouse, in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Francois Fillon, French ex-prime minister, found guilty of fraud

By Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny - Associated Press

France's former Prime Minister Francois Fillon, left, and his wife Penelope, arrive at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. He could have been president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ex-French prime minister’s wife is key figure in fraud trial

By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

France's former Prime Minister Francois Fillon, left, and his wife Penelope, arrive at the Paris courthouse, in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. He could have been president of France. Instead, former Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial to face fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Ex-French prime minister denies wrongdoing in fraud trial

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 23, 2017 file photo, French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon addresses his supporters after the first partial official results and polling agencies projections were announced in Paris, France. Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon is going on trial on fraud charges after he used public funds to richly pay his wife and children for work they allegedly never performed. The trial, starting Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 is scheduled to last until March 11. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Former French prime minister and wife go on trial for fraud

By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2017 file photo, conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon and his wife Penelope attend a campaign meeting in Paris. A French judicial official says investigating judges have requested that former Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife stand trial on corruption charges. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Former French PM Fillon and wife to stand corruption trial

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 23, 2017 file photo, French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon addresses his supporters in Paris. A French judicial official on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019 says the financial prosecutor’s office has asked that former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his wife be sent to trial on corruption charges. Fillon's 2017 presidential bid unraveled over allegations he paid his wife Penelope and two of their children more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) over many years for jobs as parliamentary aides that involved no sustained work. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)

Corruption trial urged for former French PM Fillon and wife

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

A woman walks past electoral posters of French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, torn at left, and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in Ascain, southwestern France, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. France vote Sunday May 7 for the second round of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Plagiarism or a ‘wink’? Le Pen lifts conservative’s speech

By LORI HINNANT and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

French centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, addressing cheering supporters in Paris on Sunday, told them they are "the faces of French hope" and vowed to be a president "who protects, who transforms and builds." The centrist ex-banker who set up his party just a year ago garnered the most votes. (Associated Press)

Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen in runoff for French president

By Elena Berton - Special to The Washington Times

Supporters of conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon waves French flag, during a rally in Paris, Sunday, March 5, 2017. The rally across from the Eiffel Tower is meant to gauge Fillon's remaining support after numerous defections by conservative allies just seven weeks before the first round of the April-May election. Fillon faces corruption charges. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Latest: Fillon creates new uproar with autism remarks

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Conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon leaves after delivering a speech in Paris, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Fillon is refusing to quit the race despite receiving a summons Wednesday to face charges for alleged fake parliamentary jobs for his family. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Francois Fillon stays in French presidential race despite summons

By Angela Charlton and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

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By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

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